He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.

He then enrolled at Heatherley's School of Fine Art a prestigious private college but left after a few months. )
He married Barbara Hastings (1908–1989) a writer of children's books and the daughter of Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings on 17 October 1934 and they had one child Arabella in 1943. Chesterton.

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He married Barbara Hastings (1908–1989) a writer of children's books and the daughter of Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings on 17 October 1934 and they had one child Arabella in 1943. Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (14 June 1907 – 14 August 1978) was a British author and illustrator best known for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s.